Burner-support



A. W. MORSE.

BURNER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. 1919.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

INVENTO'R A/berzW Marga 5,, Magi/Mia,

ATTORNEY.

.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

ALBERT w. moasn, or ronnsr mans, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR r0 'rnn nn'rnoinr 0011mm,- or LONG rsmmn CITY, NEW YORK, A conronarron or NEW YORK.

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l Patented Sept; 20, 1921.

Application filed larch '11, 1919. Serial No. 282,048.

burner supports and more especially to sup-.

ports for oil and gas burners used in conjunction with metallurgical furnaces.-

It is an object of the invention to rigidly and correctly apply burners to furnaces 7 Another object is to provide adjustable means for varying the distance between burner outlet and furnace wall.

.-A further. object is to obtain accurate .alinement of burners with respect to their combustion chamber, and to maintain this accurate andproperalinement during their adjustment withthe furnace'wall.

. Another object is to provide means to shut .oflithe fiame inlet opening of the furnace when the burner is not in use for the purpose of retaining all heat possible within the furnace while the burner 1s not at work.

fOtherobjects of the invention will appear in the following. specifications in which a preferred form of ny burner support is described.

My invention refers more particularly to application with. burners so designed and constructed as to provide minute atomization andthorough mixture at their outlets. In these burners ignitionresults almost instantaneously. Combustion is, rapid. The opening through the furnace wall serves as a combustion chamber which should be carefully proportioned and exactly sized. These devices known as mechanically atomizing burners, depend upon high pressure coacting with a spray nozzle to break up the oil into 'a mist, or fog. The most improved type of these burners utilizes air at very low pressure for supporting combustion. This is projected at a suitable angle into the oil mist in proper proportion, instantly forming a highly combustible mixture. k The explosive characteristics of the resulting flame demand careful adjustment of the burner with respect to the furnace wall and accurate alinement with respect to the comb a @h m r,

terbeing-indicated in broken lines;

Inburners of the class described a rigid support fastened to the furnace wall is mechanical necessity. r

To be of maximum efficiency ignition must occur within a limited travel of the-vapor mist. The burner characteristics combined w1th furnace design and method of operating, determine the desired travel. The support therefore must be adjustable to vary the distance between burner outlet and furnace wall to suit different applications.

I attain the objects above described by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing in-which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the burner. support withpart of a burner indicated to'illustrate the application and showing a fragmentary section through part of the furnacewall 1 Fig. 2 is an end view of the burner support'proper, the open positionfiofjthe shut- Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view along-the plane of line 3-3 in Fig. 1.; 4

- Like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the'several viewsand the following specification. v V

10 1s 'a burner of the externally mixing class. 11 is an oil discharge nozzle. 12 is an air deflecting plate. The furnace end of the burner 10 is exteriorly threaded at 13, to receive-an air deflecting cap 14. All ofthese parts are common to the externally and mechanically atomizing kind of burners, now known in the art as Anthony burners. a i

15 is a part section of the metal shellinclosing the fire bricks, forming the furnace walls proper, of which 16is a fragmentary section.

17 is a ring threaded internally at 18 .to screw onto threaded part 13 of the burner 10. Attached to the ring. 17 and preferably integral therewith, is a tubular socket '19, the axis of which is substantially parallel to the axisof the burner 10. Tubular socketlt) is tapped to receive a'set screw 20 for the purpose set forth hereafter. f r i 21 is a 'flange provided with a circular opening 22, which flange is fastened-to the furnace shell 15 by means of cap screws 23 and 24, respectively. 'At right angles to the face of the flange 21 is a round stud 25, the axis of which is substantially parallel tothe axis of the circular opening j 22- through 'so'cket'19 and stud 25. pe auon or my device isobvious. on .30

flange'21. This stud 25 is adaptedto slide within the tubular socket 19.

26 is-a circular plateor shutter slightly over1apping'opening22 of flange 21 for the purpose of closing the same. 27 is a some what thickened extension of plate 26, pro,

vided with a bore 28, adapted to fit over. a tubular distancepiece 29, interposed between a collar 30 of cap screw 23 and the flange 21,

to allow shutter 26 to'rot'ate freely-about its pivot, set screw 23. 31 is a stop projecting "from the face of flange 21, a side 32 of which 36, while the inner end is of diverging shape at 37, gradually increasing in diameter toward the center of the furnace. Op ni g 35 is "in axial 'alinement with the burner and therefore also, with opening 22, tubular is discharged under "high pressure -"through nozzle 11. Air is forced against theoil by means-of deflecting plate *12 macap-m.

'- This breaksup theoil into very smallparticlesou'tside' of'the burner and i fo'r'ms a vapor which ignites'and is projected by its ownpressure into the f urnacethrough combustion'chamher 35; i

As mentioned su ra, it isof fth'e-i'itmost necessity that the alinem'ent' of the combustion chamber and the burner-be accurate,

that is, that their'fcenter lines coincide, as

otherwise the flame is not we'll' vdistributed within the combustion chamber andfmay even-excessively impinge on one side causing "unequal'wear, or it mayfleave a space on an other side permitting the drawing in of free air from the 'atmosphere; .This air may enter the "furnace unmixed width the carbon ele ments of the'fuel, and under-furnace .temperatures usually prevalent, attack the mate- I rial under .treatmentortits containers and V oxidize, burn, scale or otherwise injureor,

destroy its physical properties." These possibilities must be guarded against, which has been accomplished by this support. y

In my device, the burner and the combustion chamber cannot get out of alinement. By sliding the stud 25 within the tabular socket19', the distance'between" the burner and furnace may be 'varied without disturb- 7 ing this alinement. The-set-screw 20is used to permanently lampthe stud 2j5 in a fixed This method of adjustment greatlylimproves the performance of'the burner, since the point of ignition which occurswithin a I limited travel of the vapor mist, can be regulated. in a burnerwequipped with my supeficiency to the burner.

As soon as the burner is turned ofii, the shutter 26 is closed to retain all possible heat within the :furnace, without in the least interfering with the adjustment between ffurna'ce andb'urnen: r

.port, to. such a'point as to-giveimaxiinum The device is simple and compact, cannot 7 get out of order, andiseasily'adjustable, Its application to both" burner and furnace can be accomplished without any-changes design of burners not" equipped with this supp t v V r 3 It is understood that while I have above described my invention as applied to one 7 kind of burner of the mechanically 'atomin ing type, its use and application may be Varied and: Serve other, kinds- Ql burners as well. r

.Various changes'gi-nfthe 'form proportion,

and'minor details o'if construction may be 'resorted to Without departing 1 irom the principle or'sacrificing any-part of th ih tion as defined in thefappendedcl'aimsgi' e c I claim.

' The combinationof a burne'r'pa furnace,

a {burner supporuan adjustable connection between the burner and the "furnaecomprising a pin and-*sfecket slidably' contacting, and a shutter pivoted onsaid support,

2; The "com'binationof aibu'rner', a fur nacje, a combustion chamber; anfadjustable support; for, said burnerfhaving; a pin anda socket slidably connected, an opening in said support; glarger than the entrance of {said combustion chamber 'and in ahneim nt therei h, aj' utt ij oifdp ni and os s d' op iing'," 'a pivot forsaid shutter, said pivot serv-g mg as a means for securlngsa d support to I f ur e e '3 c. r. 7 3

Afuelburner, affurnacje, a combustion' chamber, a burner support, threaded means alineinent with tlie lsaid combustion chamber, andadjutable means coniprising a pin and'a socket slidably' connected to. .vary the distance between" the said burner and combus-.

tion chamber. t 3

4:.[A fuel burner, a furnace, a combustion chamber, a burner support meansi-onsaid support to hold the samein axial alinement with the said combustion chamber, means 1 10 on saidlsupport, tohold the support in axial comprising a pin slidably engaged within a [socket to varyithefdistance betweenthe said burner and combustion chamber, and means to-seoure the 'latter' means ln-a selected POSltion. V

A fuel burner, fa furnace,j,la' combustion chamber in said furnace centrally alined with said burner, a support for securing said burnerinalined position, said support being provided With adjustable'means lcomprising a pin and a socket for varying the point of fuel ignition within said combustion chamber without disturbing said alinement.

6. In a burner support, a bracket for rigidly attaching to a furnace, a threaded collar for securely attaching to burner, a pin projecting from the said bracket, a tubular socket projecting from the said threaded collar and adapted to slide over the said pin, 10 a set screw for fastening said pin in any 'desired position of adjustment, and a pivoted shutter attached to said bracket.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT W. MORSE. [1,. s.] Witnesses:

EDWIN SHEILD, Jr., E. R. 

